“These improvements will enhance mobility and safety at very important entrance points to our city,” said San Marcos Mayor Daniel Guerrero. “The fact that CAMPO awarded the funds shows how important these projects are and how diligently our Capital Improvements and Transportation staff worked at developing them.”

Construction is slated to begin by August 2013.

The funds come from $3 billion in general obligation bonds for highway improvements which Texas voters approved as Proposition 12 in November 2007. The bonds are backed by the state’s general revenue, not by fuel tax revenues, and passed by a vote of 63 percent.

Proposition 12 funds are only available for roadway projects that provide a major benefit to the state highway system and have a major safety and mobility benefit. The grant doesn’t require the city to match the funds.